Minky Worden
As Human Rights Watch's Director of Global Initiatives, Minky Worden develops and implements international outreach and advocacy campaigns. She previously served as Human Rights Watch's Media Director, working with the world’s journalists to help them cover crises, wars, human rights abuses and political developments in some 90 countries worldwide. Worden has taught as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) since 2013. Before joining Human Rights Watch in 1998, Worden lived and worked in Hong Kong as an adviser to Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee and worked at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. as a speechwriter for the U.S. Attorney General and in the Executive Office for US Attorneys. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Worden speaks Cantonese and German, and is an elected member of the Overseas Press Club's Board of Governors. She is the editor of The Unfinished Revolution (Seven Stories Press, 2012) and China's Great Leap (Seven Stories Press, 2008), and the co-editor of Torture (New Press, 2005).
Articles Authored
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April 10, 2024
Saudi Arabia Hasn’t Earned Women’s Tennis Championships
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November 7, 2023
Rights At Risk As Saudi Arabia ‘Sole Bidder’ To Host 2034 World Cup
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October 5, 2023
Olympic Committee’s Rights Commitments Tested in India
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September 18, 2023
Spanish Women’s World Cup Champions Win Again: Time’s Up For Rubiales
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August 30, 2023
Spanish Women Players Spotlight Crisis of Abuse
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August 7, 2023
FIFA Must Show The Red Card To Sexual Abuse
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